Eobeet wines



(No Model.)

' R. WINES.

SADDLE TREE FORK.

Patented Feb. 8, 1887.:

i UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT WINES, OF JEFFERSON CITY, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TO THE J. S. SULLIVAN SADDLE TREE COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

SADDLE-TREE FORK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 357,297, dated February 8, 1887.

Applicat ion filed An gust 19, 1886. Serial No. 211,306. (No model.)

.To all whom it 17mg concern:

Be it known that 1, ROBERT WINES, of J efferson City, Missouri, have made a new and useful Improvement in Saddle-Tree Forks, of

, which the following is a full, clear, and exact description. A

In the present fork the ponimel is hollow or closed, or substantially closed, at its upper end, and provided witha flange which extends around the pommel-top, forming a recess, into which a wooden cap is set and secured by means of screws passing upward through the pommel-top into the cap.

The fork is used in combination with a de- Figure l is a front elevation ofthe improved fork and breast. Fig. 2 is a plan, the cap being removed. Fig. 3 is a vertical section on.

the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a vertical section on the line 4 4 of Fig. 2, the cap being in place upon the pommel-top. Fig. 5 is a vertical section on the 1ine5 5 of Fig. 1; and Fig. 6 is a view in perspective of the improved fork and breast.

The same letters of reference denote the same parts. e

A represents the fork having the side extensions, a a, the extension a, the pominel a, made hollow, saving at its top, where it is extensions a a a into the breast,whi'ch, in turn,

is adapted to be secured to the customary tree, and by being detachable, as described, a longer or shorter breast can be used, as desired.

As is well understood, the pornmel of saddles of the kind under consideration are subjected to strains mainly from a direction in front of the pominel. It is desirable, therefore, to brace the pommel well in front, as by means of the extension at, which extends from the base of the ponimel directly forward upon the highest part of the breast, and in the place of being made of uniform width throughout its length, the extension a is preferably wider at the pommel, from which point it tapers, as shown.

I clai1n 4 The combination of the fork and the detachable breast, said fork having an extension leading directly forward over and toward the front of the breast, and also side extensions, substantially as described. l

. ROBERT WINES.

Witnesses:

OSCAR G. Bunch, A. J. BAUER. 

